Mitsui Memorial Museum, Art museum in Nihonbashi Muromachi, Japan.
The Mitsui Memorial Museum occupies the seventh floor of the Mitsui Main Building and displays Japanese and East Asian artworks in light-filled galleries. The galleries showcase paintings, sword work, calligraphy, scrolls, and crafted objects spanning different periods.
The museum opened in 2005 and continues the work of the earlier Mitsui Bunko Annex, preserving artworks that the Mitsui family collected since the Edo period. The collection documents the family's interest in arts and craftsmanship across several centuries.
The collection reflects objects deeply tied to Japanese traditions, such as tea ceremony utensils and Noh masks that remain central to practices today. These pieces show how communities have passed down craftsmanship and ritual knowledge across generations.
The museum sits near Tokyo Station in the city center and is easy to reach by public transportation. Visitors should be prepared for some stairs and corridors to reach the exhibition spaces.
The building housing the museum dates to the early Showa period and is itself designated as an Important Cultural Property. Visitors experience not just historic artworks but also step into a protected structure from that era.
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